Connecting-rod bearing.



A.T.S'] ?URT. 4 CONNECTING ROD BEARING. v

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16, 1910.

ALFRED r. s'run'rfor FLINT, MICHIGA To all "10 mmv it may concern:

CONNECTING-BOD BEARING.

Bait-known that I, ALFRED T. S'rnnr, a citizen -of the United Stat-es, residing at Flint, in the countyof Gene'see and State of Michigan, haveinvented. new and useful Improvements in Connecting-Rod Bearings, of which the following is a specification.

The;present invention is primarily designdito provide an adjustable bearing for conneeting' rods," whereby Wear may be taken up, thereby obviating rattle andlost motion..

While theinvent-ion is designed mo'st especially for connecting rodsand like parts,

it may be readily adapted for bearings generally requirin'g"adjustment to compensate for'wear. The 'inventionconsists of'a bearing block 'of wedge form and curved throughout its length on the arc of a circle and adjustable ,in its'circumferental length so as to take up wearby a 'wedgingaction.

The invention further contemplates novel meansfor adjusting the bearing block either automatically or at thewill of an attendantby manipulating a setting appliance, such as a screw or analogous part.

a 'The invention consists of the novel features, details of construction and combinationof parts,'which hereinafter will be more particularly set forth, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the a pended claims.

Re erring to the drawing, forming a part of the application, Figm '1 is a side view of an end portion 'ofa c'onnecting rod pro-.

vide'dwithan adjustable bearing block emj bodying the invention. ,Fig. 2' is a detail section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fi 3 is a view. similar to Fig. 1 of a modification. Corresponding andlike parts arereferred to in the following description, and indi cated in all the views ,of the drawing, by

" the same" reference characters.

The numeral 1 designates a connecting rod, pitman or the like and 2 acap fitted thereto, said connecting rod being designed to receive a wrist pin,,crank or the like oooperating therewith, Thebearing fitted in the opening at .the end of the connecting rod. or like part is made in two sections 3 and 4, one of which is stationary and the other movable. The sections or parts of the hearing may bevformed of any material such as brass, Babbitt metal or other composition -usually employed for thispurpose.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May21, 1912.

Applicationfiled November 1e, 191o. .seriai'm. 592,729.

and is of uniform thickness throughout its The section or part 3 of the bearing is fixed I length. The section or part 4 is tapered or of awedge; form throughout .its circumferential length-and is adjustable so as to vary the size ofthe-opening whereby provision is had for taking up wear and insuring a close fit between the connecting rod .and the part fitted in the opening thereof.

:The opening provided in the connecting rod to receive the pin; crank or like part has a portion-of its wall eccentrieally formed, as-

indicated -at 5,L whereby a seat is provided to receive the'section or part 4 of the hearing. -VVhen the parts or sections of the hearing. are in .place the opening closed thereby 1s of circular form to corres 0nd with the pin, crank or like .part to be ttedtherein, The part 4 is adjustableon the eccentric seat 5 and this adjustment may be effectedautomatically or at intervals, as may .be required. -The automatic adjustment-is "accomplished by means of a spring which is interposed between the large end of the bearing block 4 and the shoulder 6 formed at-the end of the seat 5 corresponding to the depressed part thereof. The spring may be of any formation and, as indicated most 5 clearly in Fig.- 2, consists of two members 7 and 8,, each of bowor semi-elliptic form and arranged with their ,middle parts in close relati'on and with their ends separated and adapted to obtaina bearingupon the end of the bearing block 4 and'the shoulder 6. The extremities ofthe spring 7 are bent,

as indicated at 9, and engage shoulders 10 .formed by cutting away end portions of the shoulder 6. By'this means the spring is prevented from lateral displacement. When the parts are assembled the members of the spring are compressed and normally tend Y to expand and-exert an end thrust upon the wedge shaped bearing block'4 so as to move the same circuinferentially' upon the seat 5.

By this means any wear between the bearing blockjand the-part fitted therein .is automatically taken up.

In themod'fication shown in Fig.3, the bearing block 4 is adapted to be-moved by means of a set-screw 11 which replaces .the

spring, saidset screw being threaded into .a

part of: the connecting rod and adapted to .be turned when required to ,move the hearing block 4S0 as to take. upwear and prevent. any play or noises'ueh asvis incident to a loosejoint. '.The parts are assembled so that the relative movement between the bearing and the part fitted therein is in an opposite direction to the movement of the part Lot the bearing when adjustingthe same to take up wear, thereby preventing binding or wedgingf -otthe pin, crank or like part.

From "are foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of the construction and of 0 the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the device-which I now consider to be the embodiment thereof,

I desire'to have it understood that the de vice shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is I p 1. In combination, a connecting rod having an opening for the reception of a crank pin, saidopening having a portion of its wall eccentrically formed "to provide a seat,

' and having a'shoulder at the "end oftheed centric seat corresponding to the deepest part thereof, a bearingblock having a portion 'formed on the arc of 'a circle and tapered in its length and fittedupon said eccentric seat, andmeans for adjnsting'said bearing block circumferentially upon its seat and in-v terposed between the larger end of the bearing block and the shoulder formed at the deeper end of the seat.

' formed in the opening and normally tending to move the ad ustable part of the bearing in the direction of its circumferential length to automatically take up wear between it and the part fitted within the bearing.

'3. In combination, aconnectingrod having an opening and having a portion of the opening .made eccentric and having a shoulder at the deepest end of the eccentric portion, a bearing block fitted within the opening and comprising a part curved and tapered throughout its length, and a bow spring interposed between the larger end of the tapered part of the bearing block and the said shoulder and having projecting portions at itsends to engage the sides of the connecting rod to retain the said spring in place against lateral movement.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signaturein: presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED T. STURT.

Witnesses:

ELMA E. EAs'roN, W E. McINNEs. 

